Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, is demanding that Bill Pulte turn over the records connected to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) investigations into the mortgage records used to create criminal referrals against President Trump’s rivals.
In a letter to the FHFA director, Raskin told Pulte that his agency was not a law enforcement agency and he did not have investigatory powers as part of his duties.
“Your decision to use the FHFA to selectively — and publicly — investigate and target the president’s designated political enemies gives rise to the unmistakable impression that you have been improperly coordinating with the White House to launch these probes,” wrote Raskin.
Raskin also criticized Pulte for veering away from the traditional role of the FHFA and making into a platform for punishing those who run afoul of the president.
“Shortly after you took office, FHFA appears to have abandoned its primary mission of safeguarding the mortgage market, even in the midst of a housing affordability crisis affecting tens of millions of Americans, and instead began using this massive trove of Americans’ personal data as a weapon with which to exact retribution and pressure on behalf of the President,” he continued. “In recent months, you have made nearly identical criminal referrals to DOJ for mortgage fraud for three prominent officials: Senator Schiff, Attorney General James, and Governor Cook—all of them either a prominent Democratic politician or an official appointed by a Democratic president—claiming that each official in question misrepresented whether a home was a primary or principal residence to secure a lower mortgage.”
Raskin cited Pulte’s role in the Trump’s pressure campaign force Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell into resigning, which included Pulte referring to Powell as a “moron.”
In demanding the FHFA paperwork, Raskin gave Pulte a Sept. 22 deadline for turning over the requested documents.
“The American people have a right to understand why FHFA is reviewing decades-old mortgages, which individuals you have requested files for, and whether normal processes have been followed,” Raskin said. “Above all, the American people have a right to understand why, in the midst of a housing affordability crisis, the FHFA Director is primarily concerned with investigating the President’s enemies rather than with reducing housing costs for millions of anxious Americans.”
Courthouse News Service initially broke this story, which did not generate a response from Pulte.
Because Trump/Trump corp. never falsified building values to enhance their efforts!!!
Funny, I didn’t see Raskin inquiring about this when Trump was being raked over the coals in court for a deal that happened decades ago where there were no victims. What the three Democrats did was blatantly lie to acquire a lower interest rate because if they would’ve been purchased as investment properties, the interest rate would’ve been much higher.
And, since you’ve seen the proof, you’re able to speak with authority, correct?
No one is denying it.